[ale] HDD Disposal/Recyling near Sandy Springs?

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Sun Jan 24 12:21:08 EST 2021


Sorry, I think it is Cobb County residents.  I dropped off 11 boxes of various antiquated hardware. No charge.  I expected a fee as well, but paid none. Maybe Fulton has something similar. 

Geoffrey Myers

> On Jan 24, 2021, at 12:09 PM, Solomon Peachy via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:58:52AM -0500, Derek Atkins via Ale wrote:
>> Due to their age (over 45000 hours power-on, over 5 years since purchase)
>> they are most likely out of warranty.  But I don't want to just toss them
>> in the trash if there is a more environmentally friendly way to dispose of
>> them.
> 
> Well, it's more the "mentally" friendly than "environmentally" but I'm a 
> strong proponent of disposing of hard drives by means of a few 
> 30-ish-caliber holes.
> 
> Or just disassemble them and turn the platters into (very) shiny 
> windchimes...
> 
> - Solomon
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